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Thread #99117   Message #1971115
Posted By: masato sakurai
17-Feb-07 - 07:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: I Am Bound for the Land of Canaan
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I Am Bound for the Land of Canaan
Sorry, Michael Morris had posted The Ameican Vocalist version above.

The version from A Collection of Sabbath School Hymns (1863) has 4th & 5th stanzas:
18. I AM BOUND FOR THE LAND OF CANAAN.


                         1 Together let us sweetly live,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan;
                         Together let us sweetly die,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan.


                         Chorus.--O Canaan, bright Canaan,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan;
                         O Canaan, it is my happy home,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan.


                         2 If you get there before I do,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan:
                         Then praise the Lord, I'm coming too,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan.


                         Chorus.--O Canaan, &c.


                         3 Part of my friends the prize have won,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan:
                         And I'm resolved to travel on,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan.


                         Chorus.--O Canaan, &c.


                         4 Then come with me, beloved friend,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan;
                         The joys of heaven shall never end,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan.


                         Chorus.--O Canaan, &c.


                         5 Our songs of praise shall fill the skies,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan;
                         While higher still our joys they rise,
                         I am bound for the land of Canaan.


                         Chorus.--O Canaan, &c.